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dynamic duo n. a very special pair of people or things. (From the Batman television program. Used mostly for humor.)The dynamic duo, Beavis and Fred, showed up late and without the beer.Next time tell the dynamic duo to come earlier. gruesome twosome n. two people or things. (Jocular. Neither the things or the people have to be “gruesome.”)Well, it's the gruesome twosome. Come in and join the party.The gruesome twosome will both start in tonight's game.
two Ⅰ noun an act of defecation. An abbreviation of NUMBER TWO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2003⇨ See: TWO SHOT, TWO STRETCH.► giz a twoused to request a two-way share UK, 1996.► in twoin bar dice games, to make a hand in two rolls of the dice US, 1971.► in two-twosinstantly TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1990 Ⅱ ⇨ two shot; two noun in the television and film industries, a shot of two actors facing each other, each taking up half the screen US, 1977 Ⅲ ⇨ two stretch; two noun a two-year sentence of imprisonment. A multiple of STRETCH (a year's sentence) UK, 1950 Ⅳ ⇨ two; two up verb to share a cell with one other prisoner UK, 1996
idiomtwo► be in two minds about► be two/ten a pennyit takes two to tangoused in order to say that if a problem, situation, or argument involves two people, they are both equally responsible for it:We're willing to negotiate, but it takes two to tango, and we haven't received any response from management.Even if you think your boyfriend is being totally unreasonable, remember that it takes two to tango.put two and two togetherto guess the meaning of something you have heard or seen:I put two and two together and told the police; they found Eva that night.None of us were certain what had gone wrong, but we couldn't help putting two and two together.NoteYou can also say that someone has 'put two and two together to make five', meaning that they have guessed wrongly about something, but this expression is much less frequentIn my opinion, the police are expert at putting two and two together to make five. that makes two of usspoken used in order to tell someone that you agree with them or understand how they feel:"I'd like to work in Hawaii." "Yeah, that makes two of us.""I'm not going to be the one to ask Jan to resign." "That makes two of us."
See:- (a) quarter of (a given hour in time)
- (as) (a)like as (two) peas in a pod
- (as) close as two coats of paint
- (as) thick as two planks
- (as) thick as two short planks
- (not) care two hoots
- (not) give two hoots
- (one, two, three) strikes against (someone or something)
- (one's) two cents' worth
- (one's) two pennies (worth)
- (one's) two penn'orth
- a (unit of time) or two
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- a day, moment, etc. or two
- a double-edged sword
- a few bricks shy/short of a load
- a few, two, etc. bricks short of a load
- a game that two can play
- a goody two-shoes
- a man cannot serve two masters
- a thing or two
- a trick worth two of (something)
- a trick worth two of that
- add (one's) two penn'orth
- alike as two peas in a pod
- as alike as two peas in a pod
- Aztec two-step
- be (as) easy as one-two-three
- be (as) thick as two short planks
- be a game of two halves
- be brought down a notch (or two)
- be brought down a peg (or two)
- be in two minds
- be in two minds about something/about doing something
- be in two places at once
- be knocked down a notch (or two)
- be knocked down a peg (or two)
- be like a dog with two tails
- be like two peas in a pod
- be little love lost between (two people)
- be no love lost between (two people)
- be not short of a bob or two
- be not short of a penny (or two)
- be of two minds
- be of/in two minds, to
- be pulled down a notch (or two)
- be pulled down a peg (or two)
- be taken down a notch (or two)
- be taken down a peg (or two)
- be two a penny
- be two sides of the same coin
- beast with two backs
- between two fires
- bird in the hand
- bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- blues and twos
- bricks shy of a load
- bring (one) down a peg (or two)
- bring (someone) down a notch (or two)
- can/could teach/tell somebody a thing or two
- can't be in two places at once
- choice between (of) two evils, a
- choose between (two people or things)
- choose between two people or things
- choose the lesser of two evils
- close as two coats of paint
- come between (two or more people)
- could teach (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
- could tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
- could tell someone a thing or two
- cross as a bear
- cross as two sticks
- cut both/two ways
- draw a line between (two things)
- easy as one-two-three
- eat for two
- eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket
- fall between (two things)
- fall between the cracks
- fall between two stools
- feel like two cents
- few bricks short of a load
- find out a thing or two
- find out a thing or two (about someone or something)
- Football's a game of two halves.
- for two cents
- for two pins
- for two pins I'd
- game that two can play
- game that two can play, that's a
- give (one's) two cents
- give (one's) two cents' worth
- give (one's) two pennies (worth)
- give (one's) two penn'orth
- go two-forty
- goody two-shoes
- goody-two-shoes
- have two left feet
- have two strikes against (one)
- have two strings to (one's) bow
- hit two birds with one stone
- hotter than a two-dollar pistol
- if two ride on a horse, one must ride behind
- if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- in (an amount of time) flat
- in two
- in two minds
- in two minutes, ten seconds, etc. flat
- in two shakes
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
- in two shakes of a lamb's tail
- insert between (two things)
- it cuts two ways
- it takes two
- it takes two (to do something)
- It takes two to make a bargain
- It takes two to make a quarrel
- it takes two to tango
- kill two birds with one stone
- kill two birds with one stone, to
- knock (someone) down a notch (or two)
- knock (someone) down a peg (or two)
- know a thing or two
- know a trick or two
- know all the answers
- learn a thing or two
- lesser of two evils
- like (two) peas in a pod
- like a dog with two tails
- like as two peas in a pod
- like two peas in a pod
- like/as two peas in a pod
- little love lost between (two people)
- Make it two
- make the beast with two backs
- meat and two veg
- misplace (one's) trust
- no love lost between (two people)
- No man can serve two masters
- no two ways about it
- not care two hoots (about something)
- not care two hoots about
- not care two pins (about something)
- not care two straws
- not care two straws (about something)
- not care twopence
- not give a hoot
- not give two pins (about something)
- not give twopence
- not have two (something) to rub together
- not have two brain cells to rub together
- not have two brain cells, pennies, etc. to rub together
- not have two nickels to rub together
- not have two pennies to rub together
- not have two to rub together
- not matter twopence
- number two
- of two minds
- of two minds, be
- old one-two
- One cannot be in two places at once
- one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after
- one or two
- one step forward and two steps back
- one step forward, two steps back
- one-two punch
- oscillate between (two people or things)
- polarize (one group of people) into (two groups of people)
- pull (one's) belt in (a notch (or two))
- pull (someone) down a notch (or two)
- pull (someone) down a peg (or two)
- pull in (one's) belt (a notch (or two))
- put (one's) two cents in
- put (one's) two cents' worth in
- put in (one's) two cents
- put in (one's) two cents' worth
- put in (one's) two pennies (worth)
- put in (one's) two penn'orth
- put in (one's) two pennyworth
- put in one's two cents
- put in your two pennyworth/penn'orth
- put oar in
- put two and two together
- put two and two together, to
- put two fingers up at (someone or something)
- put/stick two fingers up at somebody
- quarter past (a given hour in time)
- ride two horses at once
- ride two horses at the same time
- rip (someone or something) in two
- rip in half
- serve two masters
- six and two threes
- split between (two or more people or things)
- stand on (one's) own (two) feet
- stand on one's own feet
- stand on two feet
- stand on your own two feet
- stick in (one's) two penn'orth
- stick two fingers up at (someone or something)
- take (one) down a notch (or two)
- take (one) down a peg (or two)
- take (one's) belt in (a notch (or two))
- take (someone) down a peg (or two)
- take in (one's) belt (a notch (or two))
- take someone down a peg or two
- take two and hit to right
- takes two to tango
- tear (someone or something) in two
- tell (someone) a thing or two (about someone or something)
- tell a thing or two
- tell someone a thing or two
- That makes two of us
- that's a game that two can play
- the lesser of two evils
- the old one-two
- the old one-two (punch)
- the terrible twos
- There are two sides to every question
- there is no daylight between (two things)
- there is no love lost between (two people)
- there's little to choose between (two people or things)
- there's not much to choose between (two people or things)
- there's nothing to choose between (two people or things)
- thick as a short plank
- thick as two planks
- thick as two short planks
- thing or two
- three point two
- three sheets in the wind
- three's a crowd
- three-two
- turn two
- two a penny
- two birds with one stone
- two bits
- Two Bob
- two bricks shy of a (full) load
- two can play at that game
- two can play that game
- Two can play this game
- two cents
- two cents (worth), for/put in your
- two fingers
- two for two
- Two heads are better than one
- two hoops and a holler
- Two is company, three's a crowd
- two jumps ahead of
- two left feet
- two left feet, have
- two of a kind
- two peas in a pod
- two shakes of a lamb’s tail
- two shakes of a lamb's tail
- two sheets to the wind
- two sides of a shield
- two sides of the same coin
- two sides of the same shield
- two strikes against
- two strikes against someone/something, to have
- two strings to (one's) bow
- two strings to one's bow
- two thumbs up
- two umlauts
- Two wrongs do not make a right
- two wrongs don't make a right
- two wrongs make a right
- two/ten a penny
- two-bit
- two-bits
- two-by-four
- two-edged sword
- two-faced
- two-fisted
- two-fisted drinker
- two-planker
- two's company
- two's company(, three's a crowd)
- two's company, three's a crowd
- two-second rule
- two-time
- two-time loser
- two-timer
- two-topper
- two-way street
- wear another hat
- wear two hats
- wear two hats (more than one hat), to
- when two Fridays come together
- when two Sundays come together
- when two Sundays meet
- You can’t dance at two weddings
- your two cents' worth
- your two penn'orth
- your/somebody's number two
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